HC Deb 08 September 2003 vol 410 c265W
Sandra Gidley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the membership is of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement. [127202]

Mr. Hutton

The current membership, at 18 July 2003, of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee (SMAC) is:

  • Dan Ash*—President, Royal College Radiologists
  • Nick Astbury*— President, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
  • Susan Benbow—Old Age Psychiatrist (Manchester)
  • Carol Black*—President, Royal College of Physicians
  • Ian Bogle*—Chairman, Council of the British Medical Association
  • Graeme Catto*—Chair, General Medical Council
  • John Chisholm GP and Chairman of GMSC (London)
  • Alan Craft*—President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • William Dunlop*—President Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Chair of the Joint Consultants Committee
  • Sian Griffiths*—President, Faculty of Public Health Medicine
  • Bill Gunnyeon*—Dean, Faculty of Occupational Medicine
  • David Haslam*—Chairman, Council of the Royal College of GPs
  • Peter Hutton*—President Royal College of Anaesthetists
  • Brian Jarman—Professor of Primary Care (London)
  • Flora Jessop—Specialist registrar histopathology (Cambridge)
  • James Johnson*—Chairman, Council of the British Medical Association
  • Bruce Keogh—Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Birmingham)
  • Tamara Madej—Consultants Anaesthetist (York)
  • Peter Morris*—President, Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • John Newton—Epidemiology Research (Oxford/Southampton)
  • Ken Nischal—Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon/Paediatrics (London)
  • Colin Roberts—Medical Microbiologist (Oxford)
  • Angela Robinson—Consultant/Honorary Senior Lecturer GU/HIV (London)
  • Martin Roland—General Practitioner (Manchester)
  • Mike Shooter*—President, Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Sunil Sinha—Consultant Paediatrician (Middlesbrough)
  • Susan Tuck—Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (London)
  • James Underwood*—President, Royal College of Pathologists
  • * Denotes ex-officio member.

Information about SMAC can be found on the Department of Health website at http://www.doh. gov.uk/smac/index. htm.